An interesting series of nine new copper(II) complexes [Cu2L2(OAc)2] H2O (1), [CuLNCS] ½H2O (2), [CuLNO3]
½H2O (3), [Cu(HL)Cl2] H2O (4), [Cu2(HL)2(SO4)2] 4H2O (5), [CuLClO4] ½H2O (6), [CuLBr] 2H2O (7),
[CuL2] H2O (8) and [CuLN3] CH3OH (9) of 2-benzoylpyridine-N(4)-phenyl semicarbazone (HL) have been
synthesized and physico-chemically characterized. The tridentate character of the semicarbazone is
inferred from IR spectra. Based on the EPR studies, spin Hamiltonian and bonding parameters have been
calculated. The g values, calculated for all the complexes in frozen DMF, indicate the presence of the
unpaired electron in the dx2 y2 orbital. The structure of the compound, [Cu2L2(OAc)2] (1a) has been
resolved using single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The crystal structure revealed monoclinic space
group P21/n. The coordination geometry about the copper(II) in 1a is distorted square pyramidal with
one pyridine nitrogen atom, the imino nitrogen, enolate oxygen and acetate oxygen in the basal plane,
an acetate oxygen form adjacent moiety occupies the apical position, serving as a bridge to form a centrosymmetric
dimeric structure